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The Complete Works of Christopher Marlowe: Volume II: Dr Faustus
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This volume is ideal for scholars, students, and serious readers of Renaissance drama and literary studies who seek an authoritative and detailed edition of Marlowe's Dr Faustus. It is tailored for those interested in textual criticism, Elizabethan theatre, and English literature history.
The three volumes of the Complete Works of Christopher Marlowe are the only editions to include original spelling as well as detailed commentary. This volume, on Dr Faustus, outlines new theories on the text and its interpretation.
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Despite the modern fascination with Marlowe, and in particular with Dr Faustus, there has been no edition of his works which offers original spelling, full textual apparatus, and a detailed commentary. The Oxford English Texts Complete Works of Christopher Marlowe, edited in three volumes, supplies the need for a fully annotated scholarly treatment of the works.
The present volume is devoted to Dr Faustus, which is now edited from the edition of 1604. A new theory of this text and its transmission is presented in an introductory essay, 'Dr Faustus, the Textual Problem'; the play is critically discussed in another essay, 'Dr Faustus, the Real Problem'.
Differing theories of the text are outlined in an appendix, and another appendix selects the substantial passages which make the 1616 edition of the play unlike the 1604 version. Extracts from The English Faustbook, the main source of Marlowe's play, are also appended, and there is a full commentary.
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Despite the modern fascination with Marlowe, and in particular with Dr Faustus, there has been no edition of his works which offers original spelling, full textual apparatus, and a detailed commentary. The Oxford English Texts Complete Works of Christopher Marlowe, edited in three volumes, supplies the need for a fully annotated scholarly treatment of the works. The present volume is...Hardback$92700Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks
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Colin Wilcockson praises this edition as "an excellent working edition" with informative notes and strong scholarly enthusiasm. Other reviewers highlight the well-edited text with original spelling, comprehensive introductions, and valuable commentary, affirming it as a definitive scholarly resource. The editor's careful textual analysis and compelling critical insights are widely recognised within the academic community.
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ISBN: 9780198127697
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 05 April 1990
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Clarendon Press
Illustration: 2 halftones
Contributors:
- Edited by Roma Gill
Audience: Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 31.0mm
Width: 142.0mm
Height: 221.0mm
Weight: 372g
Pages: 184
About the Author
Editor of ten texts in the Oxford School Shakespeare and The Plays of Christopher Marlowe (OUP 1971). Formerly a General Editor of the New Mermaid Texts, and Reader in English Literature at the University of Sheffield
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